This course is an introduction to the basic skills in developing production and comprehension skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Students will develop introductory-level ASL vocabulary, structure, and grammar. Course content also includes the production of the manual alphabet, numbers, and numbering systems. Students will develop basic conversational abilities, culturally appropriate behaviors, and be introduced to the culture and history of Deaf communities.
This course builds on production and comprehension skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Students will further develop beginning-level ASL vocabulary, structure, and grammar. Course content also includes signs for daily living, time conventions, and advanced tense systems. Students will continue developing beginning to intermediate conversational abilities, culturally appropriate behaviors, and further delve into the culture and history of Deaf communities.
This intermediate course increases experiences in American Sign Language (ASL) and diverse Deaf Cultural topics to include intersectional identities to promote complex dialogic discourse to encourage personal expression in ASL. Students will continue deepening their comprehension and production of ASL grammar and sentence structure, foundational narrative discourse, descriptive classifiers, locatives, and depicting verbs with the aim of developing communicative competence at an intermediate level.
This upper intermediate course increases experiences in American Sign Language (ASL) and diverse Deaf Cultural topics, including how Deaf people get communication access to healthcare systems, telecommunication systems, economic systems, and social justice. Students will build on dialogic discourse regarding specialized topics, such as fitness, wellness, finances, weather, and travel. Students will demonstrate appropriate use of compound signs, semantics, numerical incorporation, spatial referents, and non-manual markers.
This course is focused on the development of a wide array of ASL skills and Deaf cultural knowledge useful in a variety of professional careers including, business, criminal justice, education, healthcare, psychology, social services, and the humanities.
This course builds on what was learned in ASL for Professional I and continues the focus on the development of a wide array of ASL skills and Deaf cultural knowledge useful in a variety of professional careers including, business, criminal justice, education, healthcare, psychology, social services, and the humanities.
This course is a survey of psychosocial and sociocultural factors that define Deaf people as members of a linguistic and cultural minority. The history, language, values, and traditions of the deaf community will also be examined.